Praesidian Capital, a provider of mezzanine capital for small and mid-sized companies, has appointed Ben Marzouk as Managing Director. "We are very excited to add Ben to the Praesidian team," says Jason Drattell, Founder and Managing Partner at Praesidian Capital. "He has had an accomplished career providing debt solutions and

Blue Wolf Capital Partners LLC (Blue Wolf), the New York-based private equity firm, has named Charles P Miller (pictured) as a partner. Miller will be based in Blue Wolf’s New York office and will be responsible for originating opportunities and managing portfolio companies. He will also serve as Blue Wolf’s

Bay Grove Capital LLC, a principal investment firm based in San Francisco, has appointed David Brandes as a managing director. Brandes will be involved in all day-to-day activities of the firm and will bring his deep real estate expertise to new transactions and the existing portfolio. Brandes joins Bay Grove

Lower middle market private equity firm RJD Partners (RJD) has completed the debt refinancing of portfolio company Chemigraphic Limited, one of the largest independent full service electronic manufacturing services providers in the UK. HSBC has provided the new debt facilities totalling GBP11million. In late December 2010, RJD secured the management

Sentinel Capital Partners, a private equity firm that invests in promising middle market companies, has appointed seasoned business development professional, Brian Davis, to lead and continue building its new investment sourcing efforts. Davis will oversee the coverage of investment banks and other advisory firms, as well as manage the direct

DN Capital has appointed Maria Molland as a Venture Partner. Molland is a veteran executive from the digital media space with fifteen years of experience. Most recently she was the Global Managing Director of Lipper and Digital Ventures for Thomson Reuters. Prior to that she was the SVP and Global

Investec Growth & Acquisition Finance (Investec), part of Investec Specialist Private Bank, has expanded its team with the appointment of Stephen White, who joins from Barclays. White will work with Ed Cottrell (pictured) and the team to originate and execute deals with entrepreneurs, management teams and private equity firms in

Mark Davis (pictured) and Russell Van Praagh have both agreed to join Dewey & LeBoeuf in London as partners in the firm’s Private Equity Practice Group.  Davis and Van Praagh both join the firm from Taylor Wessing, where Davis was head of the Private Equity Group. London M&A Practice Head

Neuberger Berman has named David Eckert as global head of infrastructure, effective 1 June. Eckert, who has 18 years of corporate technology and operations experience, comes to Neuberger Berman from ING, where he was global chief operating officer/chief information officer for its investment management and insurance business. At Neuberger Berman,